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The Living Christ

Drama

The first ever made for TV miniseries documents the story of Jesus Christ from birth to resurrection.

Jan 7, 19511 seasons12 episodesEndedEN

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Art Gilmore

Narrator

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Peter Whitney

Herod Antipas

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Gayne Whitman

Judas Iscariot

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Carl Milletaire

Pharisee

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Bing Russell

Lazarus

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Jeanne Bates

Mary - Sister of Lazarus

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I. Stanford Jolley

Dismas the Good Thief

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James Flavin

Longinus

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Dennis Moore

Assyrian Messenger

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John Alvin

Joseph

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Eddie Dew

James

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Mort Mills

Habor

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Grandon Rhodes

Nicodemus

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Allene Roberts

Dora

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John Crawford

Joel

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Trevor Bardette

Isaiah

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Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 7, 1951

Episodes

1–6 of 12

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Ep 1

Holy Night

Jan 7, 1951

30m

Prophecies of Isaiah concerning the Messiah come to pass centuries after their foretelling with the annunciation and subsequent birth of Jesus Christ.

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Ep 2

Escape to Egypt

Jan 14, 1951

28m

Joseph and Mary remain in Bethlehem following Jesus' birth. Baby Jesus takes rites of presentation in Temple, as Simeon recognizes the child as the Christ. The Wise Men arrive, and King Herod attempts to outwit them. Joseph, warned in a dream of the King's murderous plans for the child, takes Mary and Jesus and escapes to Egypt.

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Ep 3

Boyhood & Baptism

Jan 21, 1951

29m

Joseph, Mary and Jesus return from Egypt, and the boy Jesus begins school training and Temple. Newly appointed governor Pontius Pilate faces pushback from Herod and the priest Caiaphas. John the Baptist arrives and his menace to the Herodian throne explained. Jesus is baptized.

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Ep 4

Men of the Wilderness

Jan 28, 1951

30m

Jesus seeks solitude in the wilderness for forty days, climaxed by three temptations. Returning to Jordan, He learns of John's imprisonment by Herod, who attempts to break the Baptist's spirit. Conflict arises between Herod and Herodias over disposal of John. Now the great ministry of Jesus begins. He calls His first disciple, the humble fisherman. Jesus heals of a mad man at Capernaum, and cures the sick and lame in the courtyard of Peter's home.

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Ep 5

Challenge of Faith

Feb 4, 1951

28m

Christ begins a preaching ministry with His first disciples, Peter, Andrew, James and John. John the Baptist is secretly visited in prison by friends. On the shore of Galilee, Jesus renews friendship with the disciples' old fishing companions, and Jesus calls Matthew to discipleship. Jesus heals a paralytic.

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Ep 6

Discipleship

Feb 11, 1951

28m

As Jesus' popularity rages, multitudes follow Him. After a night in prayer, He chooses twelve from a group of disciples whom He names Apostles. Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount, instructs on prayer and offers the Lord's Prayer before healing a leper.

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